príčina

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina. First attested in 1479.

príčina f

1. condition, requirement
2. cause, reason
3. grounds, motive
4. origin, beginning
5. event; matter, affair
6. (law) case (legal proceeding)
7. guilt, fault, blame

• Pannonian Rusyn: причина (pričina)
• Slovak: príčina

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “príčina”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Inherited from Old Slovak príčina, from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpriːt͡ʃina]

príčina f (relational adjective príčinný)

1. cause, reason
2. motive

• “príčina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025